Broughton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement by a brook.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Broughton by the numbers
Broughton was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 1915, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Broughton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean water
Like Broughton, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Broughton
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